I have 5 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 Easter Egger hens, They're all 2 years old and have lived together their whole lives so I would like to keep them together.
They are very good layers, friendly, and clicker trained (if they are free-ranging you can use a clicker or click with your mouth, and...
So, took a closer look and theres nothing by the skin just a big ol' glob of something nasty in the feathers. Wasnt wasn't able to get awesome pics but I'm 99.9% sure that it's just clum of poo.
I just got home from vacation go find a large reddish black spot on one of my chicken's back. My initial thought was dried blood, but upon closer investigation, theres a chunk of chicken poo closer up to her body under her feathers. So, I'm assuming she went under the roost and got pooed on.
I...
They have pretty good ventilation and lost of things to play on/with (tires are their favorite). I think I'll just play it by ear. Supposed to get up to a foot these next few days. Yikes.
Yeah I was wondering if they'd be able to figure it out, too. Maybe I'll just leave them in on those windy days. They have a pretty big coop and run, so covering the run wouldn't be an option for me, especially because this is the last winter I'll have them ( have to find them new homes in...
Just curious if anyone has ever used something similar to a doggie door on their coop for the winter? Last winter had an issue with snow blowing into the coop (the chicken door isnt even that big), and I was wondering if anyone ever used a doggy door type flap to prevent that while still...
Thanks!(: Well 90% just come when they're called but I have one that will play "follow the leader" (follows me all around and she'll sit if I sit and ect.) one of my other orps used to but then she had vent gleet and I had to give her a few baths and all that jazz and now she doesn't want...